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NAT2 gene polymorphisms and endometriosis risk: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analy...
Objective Endometriosis is a common chronic, gynecological disease. Despite many studies on the role of N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) in endometriosis, its clinical significance... -
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus open surgery for surgical treatment of pa...
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) and open surgery (OS) for surgical treatment of patients with staghorn stones based on... -
China’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research env...
In keeping with China’s President Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream,” China has set a goal of becoming a world-class innovator by 2050. China’s higher education Science, Technology,... -
Measuring network rewiring over time
Recent years have seen tremendous advances in the scientific study of networks, as more and larger data sets of relationships among nodes have become available in many different... -
On the advancement of highly cited research in China: An analysis of the High...
This study investigates the progress of highly cited research in China from 2001 to 2016 through the analysis of the Highly Cited database. The Highly Cited database, compiled... -
Prognostic value of pretreatment albumin/globulin ratio in digestive system c...
The albumin/globulin ratio (AGR) has been widely reported to be a potential predictor of prognosis in digestive system cancers (DSCs), but convincing conclusions have not been... -
A meta-analysis on the role of pleiotrophin (PTN) as a prognostic factor in c...
Background Some researchers reported that pleiotrophin (PTN) is associated with the development and metastasis of various tumors and it is a poor prognostic factor for the... -
Formal comment on "Assessing the impact of the ‘one-child policy’ in China: A...
For nearly half a century, parents in China have faced compulsory quotas allowing them to have no more than one or two children. A great debate in recent years over the impact... -
Expression and clinical significance of survivin in ovarian cancer: A meta-an...
: To assess the clinicopathological significance of survivin in ovarian carcinoma through this meta-analysis. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library databases... -
Assessing local resilience to typhoon disasters: A case study in Nansha, Guan...
Building communities’ resilience to natural weather hazards requires the appropriate assessment of such capabilities. The resilience of a community is affected not only by... -
The prognostic significance of long noncoding RNAs in bladder cancer: A meta-...
INTRODUCTION: Bladder cancer (BC) is one of the most common urologic malignancies and it is urgently needed to identify novel potential prognostic biomarkers for predicting...